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Retail renaissance – The internet and mobile phones are at long last turning boring old retail banking into an exciting industry, says Jonathan Rosenthal “The effect of the debt bubble was more insidious than it appeared at first glance. In encouraging universal banks to build up their investment side, and some retail banks to dabble …
“In which U.S. cities are women living the longest, earning the most money, and boasting the highest levels of educational attainment? Lots of studies compare American citieswhere is the rent cheapest, the commutes shortest, the crime lowest, the weather balmiest? Womens Well-Being: Ranking Americas Top 25 Metro Areas explores where women are doing best, ranking …
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties – Management Enhancements Needed to Improve Efforts to Detect and Deter Duty Evasion, GAO-12-551, May 17, 2012 2020 Census – Additional Steps Are Needed to Build on Early Planning, GAO-12-626, May 17, 2012 Foreign Police Assistance – Defined Roles and Improved Information Sharing Could Enhance Interagency Collaboration, GAO-12-534, May 9, 2012 …
OPEC Monthly Oil Report May 2012 – Oil Market Highlights: “After three consecutive monthly gains, the OPEC Reference Basket declined in April to settle at $118.18/b, representing a drop of $4.79 or 3.9%. Prices remain elevated by the risk premium associated with ongoing geopolitical factors. The decline in the value of the Basket came with …
“The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has approved President Obama’s five nominees for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The Board is an independent entity charged with ensuring that fundamental rights are protected in the implementation of government programs, including cybersecurity. Originally convened in 2004, the five seats on the Board have remained vacant …
Models and tools for macroprudential analysis. BCBS Working Papers No 21. May 2012: “focuses on the methodological progress and modelling advancements aimed at improving financial stability monitoring and the identification of systemic risk potential.”
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released a set of estimates showing that 50.4 percent of our nation’s population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011. This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010. A minority is anyone who is not single-race white and …
The policy implications of transmission channels between the financial system and the real economy, BCBS Working Papers No 20, May 2012: “…analyses the link between the real economy and the financial sector, and channels through which the financial system may transmit instability to the real economy.”
The US Cost of the Afghan War: FY2002-FY2013: Cost in Military Operating Expenditures and Aid, and Prospects for Transition. May 14, 2012, by Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic & International Studies This report “addresses the fiscal cost to the US of the Afghan War from FY2000-FY2013. It provides estimates of total cost, cost to …
CRS – The Challenge of Individual Income Tax Reform: An Economic Analysis of Tax Base Broadening. Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance. March 22, 2012 “There are over 200 separate tax expenditures, which are projected to total over $1.1 trillion in FY2014. The revenue loss of …
